Bessie Dawe talks about how they would row from Seldom-Come-By to the Cape down by Tilting to fish. Lewis Payne describes how they would row from the Town of Fogo to Copper Island, past Change Island, in order to cut firewood as there is no wood...

Lewis Payne talks about having to walk to Lewisport to get the train to St. John's, where he would join a vessel going to the seal hunt. The trip from the Town of Fogo to Lewisport was a two day trip. In the winter he walked over the ice. Leaving...

Lewis Payne talks about fishing. Since he did not have a boat of his own, as a young man he went fishing for five years in another man's boat. They sold their catch to Earls in the Town of Fogo. Lewis then discusses the outmigration of people to...

Migration/settlement; Social beliefs, practices and customs; Festive events and games

Bessie Dawe describes how she met her husband from Seldom-Come-By even though she was living in Stag Harbour. They would walk down to Seldom-Come-By from Stag Harbour for various parties and gatherings. There would be church events with supper, for...

Lewis reads a poem he wrote about his niece Margaret, who went for a holiday one January. When she returned the weather was bad, and she thought she would be stuck in Man of War cove where the ferry docks. Lewis went and picked her up in the storm....